Sociolinguistics in Wales
This volume showcases recent sociolinguistic research about Wales and offers contributions from scholars working on Welsh, English and other languages spoken in the country. The chapters present a range of frameworks and methodologies used in sociolinguis
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Sociolinguistics in Wales
Mercedes Durham • Jonathan Morris Editors
Sociolinguistics in Wales
Editors Mercedes Durham Cardiff University Cardiff, United Kingdom
Jonathan Morris Cardiff University Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Contents
Part 1 Introduction
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1 An Overview of Sociolinguistics in Wales3 Mercedes Durham and Jonathan Morris
Part 2 Welsh
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2 Age Variation and Language Change in Welsh: Auxiliary Deletion and Possessive Constructions31 Peredur Davies 3 Behavioural Economics and Minority Language e-Services—The Case of Welsh61 Jeremy Evas and Daniel Cunliffe 4 A Standard for Language? Policy, Territory, and Constitutionality in a Devolving Wales93 Patrick Carlin and Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost v
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Part 3 Welsh English
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5 Variation and Change in the Grammar of Welsh English123 Heli Paulasto 6 The Perceptual Dialectology of Wales from the Border151 Chris Montgomery 7 Changing Attitudes Towards the Welsh English Accent: A View from Twitter181 Mercedes Durham
Part 4 Bilingual and Multilingual Contact in Wales
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8 ‘Mae pobl monolingual yn minority’: Factors Favouring the Production of Code Switching by Welsh–English Bilingual Speakers209 Margaret Deuchar, Kevin Donnelly, and Caroline Piercy 9 The Role of Linguistic Background on Sou
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